These are animals I wish were real and are still alive.
Mammals
Monotremes
- American Platypus - A North American relative of a similar Australian platypus.
- Asian Platypus - An Asian relative of a similar Australian platypus.
Marsupials
- Dwarf Possum - Relatives of Virginia Opossum that resembles the long-extinct alphadon, indigenous to California, Nevada, and other parts of the Western U.S.
- Marsupial Hopping Mouse - A small marsupial that is similar to an Australian hopping mouse, but has a pouch and lives in USA areas, including California.
- American Wallaby - Despite its name, it is not an Australian wallaby, but a similar marsupial with a similar niche. It lives in the western parts of the U.S. and is actually more closely related to the Virginia opossum.
Placentals
- North American Lemur - These primates are the last primitive group of primates that are indigenous to North America. There are about 2,500 species of North American lemurs, with some species that can survive in human cities, towns, urban, and suburb areas.
- North American Monkey - These primates are animals that evolved from old world monkeys that migrated from Asia to North America about 28 million years ago. There are about 3,800 species of this group of monkeys, with some species adapting to human environments, including cities, towns, urban, and suburb areas.
- European Elephant - This is the only species of elephant indigenous to Europe. It is descended from a surviving group of stegodonts that are now smaller, about the size of an Asian elephant. These animals dominate the warm forests of Europe.
- American Elephant - This is the last species of native American elephants. It is descended from a group of primitive gompotheres. It resembles an Asian elephant, but with an African elephant-like tusks, skin, and its lower jaw still has two extra tusks like its ancestors. It is about two times bigger than the African white rhinoceros. This species prefers the dry parts of the USA, including southern California, Nevada, etc.
- Northern Llama - This animal species is the only native North American camelid of modern times. It is the most adaptable of large animals of North America, adapting in areas such as the deserts of California and Nevada, to grasslands in the great plains, and swamps of Florida. It resembles a guanaco of South America, but are about the size of a large domestic llama.
- North American Tapir - This is the only species of tapir indigenous to North America. This tapir species is also the most adaptable of all tapirs, living from Californian deserts, to grasslands of Colorado, to swamps of Florida (with some surviving in human villages, urban, suburb, and townsin North America) and it is the only species of tapir that is not endangered (This tapir species status is: Lower Risk).
- Florida Grizzly Bear - This is the smallest species of grizzly bear of North America. It resembles a cross between a now-extinct Mexican brown bear and a long-extinct short-faced bear. It is endangered because of its recourse, giant salmon, are being over hunted by illegal fisherman. But it also feeds on small deer, young alligators, black bears, wild boar, and smaller fish.
Birds
- North American Ostrich - Despite its name, it is actually a large species of rhea that can survive in areas such as the deserts of California and grasslands of Colorado. It is the largest species of rhea, about the size of the sub-adult African ostrich. It is the only species of rhea native to North America.
- Tyrant Pelican - It is the only species of pelican that can survive inland much like seagulls. This pelican species have two things that other pelican species don't have, ability to eat food other than fish and the ability to live in areas where inland seagulls live in. It resembles a brown pelican, but with a slightly larger head and body and is it bigger, about 98 pounds bigger than other species of pelican.
- Darwin's Protobird - This is one of the most primitive birds of modern times. It evolved from the prehistoric Alexornis that survived extinction and remained unchanged. Its favorite food are small flying insects. It lives everywhere in the USA from California to Florida. It has no fear of humans.
- Raptor Protobird - This is one of the most primitive birds of modern times. It evolved from the prehistoric Avisaurus that survived extinction and remained unchanged. It feeds on small mammals, small reptiles, frogs, fish, and insects. It lives in the western USA areas, including California. It has no fear of humans.
- Common Protobird - This is one of the most primitive of birds in modern times. It evolved from a prehistoric Longipteryx that survived extinction and remained unchanged. It lives in Asia, where it fed on fish and insects, but where introduced to North America by humans. It has no fear of humans.
- Least Protobird - This is one of the most primitive of birds in modern times. It evolved from a prehistoric Gobipteryx that survived extinction and remained unchanged. It lives in Asia where it hunts different species of small insects. It has no fear of humans.
- Rarity Protobird - This is one of the most primitive of birds in modern times. It evolved from the prehistoric Sinornis that survived extinction and remained unchanged. It lives in Africa, where it feeds on small insects, but was introduced to North America by humans. It is named because in 1920's, this bird was rare and was on the verge of extinction due to overhunting by humans for its feathers, but since it was saved from extinction, its population recovered and is no longer endangered. Ever since its population recovered, it is no longer scared of humans.
- Jack's Giant Parrot - Despite its name, it is not a parrot. It is actually a modern descendant of Gastornis that survived to modern times and remained unchanged. It is a herbivore, like its ancestors, feeding on large fruit and nuts. It is indigenous to North American areas, including forests ranging from California to Colorado, and swamps ranging from Mississippi to Florida.
Reptiles
- Western Alligator - Western alligators are one of the only species of crocodilians indigenous to Western USA areas, including California. It resembles a Florida alligator, but is slightly browner in color and is about the size of a Nile crocodile.
- Californian Crocodile - This is one of the only indigenous Western USA crocodilians, along with Western alligators. It resembles a Nile crocodile, but is browner in color and is about the size of a sub-adult saltwater crocodile.
- California Iguana - These lizards spend more time in grasslands, forests, and deserts than any other iguana species. It resembles a marine iguana, but is not specialized in ocean, prefers feeding on insects, fruits, and leaves, rather than marine algae, and are brownish-green in color.
- Western Wounder - It is one of the last dinosaur species, evolving from Troodon that remained unchanged. Its favorite food it likes to hunt are wild boars, bison, deer, northern llamas, American ostriches, and occasionally feral dogs and cats, but also likes to eat small mammals, reptiles, frogs, fish, insects, and leaves. It lives in Western USA areas, including California.
- Eastern Wounder - This species is also one of the last dinosaur species, and it also evolved from Troodon that remained unchanged since the Cretaceous. It feeds on similar food to its western relative. It lives in eastern parts of USA, including Florida.
- Dwarf Wounder - It is one of the last dinosaur species, evolving from Troodon that remained unchanged, other than it shrank to about the size of a chicken. It feeds on small mammals, small birds, small reptiles, frogs, fish, and insects. It lives in grasslands and woodlands of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Kansas.
Amphibians
- Northern Goliath Frog - It is the largest North American frog ever discovered. It lives in southeastern U.S. areas, including Florida. It resembles its South American cousin, Southern Goliath Frog, but is cold-tolerant and is slightly browner in color.
- American Giant Salamander - This is the largest amphibians in the world, bigger than the Japanese giant salamander and the Chinese giant salamander. It resembles a cross between a Japanese giant salamander and a long-extinct koolasuchus, but is darker in color and is bigger, between 7 and 10 feet long. They live in southern USA areas, including Florida. It is known to hunt young Florida alligators.
Fish
- Giant Salmon - It is the world's largest species of salmon, but it is the most endangered, with only 150 of them left in the wild and 500 of them in captivity. It is an important food source for Florida grizzly bears.
Invertebrates
- Giant Ground Crab - This is the largest terrestrial crab in the world, about two times bigger than the coconut crab, and is fully terrestrial, unlike most other crabs. It feeds on grass, seeds, insects, small reptiles, and small mammals. It is indigenous to Western USA areas, including California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho. It lays its eggs underground where most predators won't eat their nutritious eggs, but since humans introduced domestic dogs to its area, this crab species is near threatened because dogs are known to dig out its eggs, leaving its eggs vulnerable to other predators (including other feral dogs).